Weekend Weather Briefing for March 29, 2024
Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure settles over the region to start the weekend. A warming trend is expected through the first part of next week, with temperatures well above normal. A cold front is forecast to reach our region from the northwest in the middle of next week, bringing another chance of rain and cooler temperatures.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Sunday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with a low around 39. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Easter
Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with a low around 41. West northwest wind around 7 mph.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Easter
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with a high near 67. Light north wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Increasing clouds, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Saturday
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Easter
Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 5 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Nantahala Area
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium-high range (10.6 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (10.7 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for March 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 2020
Lowest Temperature 11°F in Highlands in 1899
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.43 inches in Highlands in 1898
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date in Macon County since record-keeping began in 1872. This is the first date in the year this has occurred).
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of March Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 87°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-29-2020
Lowest Temperature -7°F in Highlands on 03-07-1899
Greatest Rainfall 6.61 inches in Highlands on 03-26-2021 (also a state record for this date)
Greatest Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 03-13-1993
On This Day
March 29th is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
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Published at 5:00am on Friday, March 29, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
Resources used to compile the information in this article include, but are not limited to rthe following websites or books: MaconMedia.com, youtube.com, weather.gov, airnow.gov, wikipedia.com, onthisday.com, ncdcr.gov, ncsu.edu, utah.edu, https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/, wolfram.com, biorxiv.org, aps.org, nejm.org, plos.org, cell.com, researchsquare.com, cureus.com, spc.noaa.gov, nhc.noaa.gov, ncdenr.org, medrxiv.org, archive.org, ncpedia.org, nasa.gov, https://ww2days.com, nih.gov, carolinapublicpress.org, microbe.tv, smokymountainnews.com, psypost.org, blogspot.com, pollen.com, franklinnc.com, maconnc.org, spaceweather.com, solarham.com, loc.gov, ncleg.net, senate.gov, house.gov, whitehouse.gov, drudgereport.com, politico.com, realclearpolitics.com, ushmm.org, This Day in North Carolina History, World War II Day By Day, The Holocaust Encyclopedia, The Timetables of History, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The World History and Book of Facts (multiple years), On This Day In History: Over 4,000 facts, The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space, This Day in North Carolina History, The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future, Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity, The Story of Civilization (11 volumes), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, American History, Volume 1: 1492-1877, American History, Volume 2: 1877 – Present, A Complete Chronolgy of the Second World War. Weather and Almanac data and information sources: Sources (except where otherwise credited): heavens-above.com, Ian Webster’s Github, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, The National Weather Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center, Penn State University Electronic Wall Map, The State Climate Office of North Carolina, Storm Prediction Center, U.S. Naval Observatory, University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and the Weather Prediction Center.
Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/wx20240329.html
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